CONCEPTUAL MASKING - THE EFFECTS OF SUBSEQUENT VISUAL EVENTS ON MEMORY FOR PICTURES
CONCEPTUAL MASKING - THE EFFECTS OF SUBSEQUENT VISUAL EVENTS ON MEMORY FOR PICTURES
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DOI:
10.1037/0278-7393.10.1.115
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
INTRAUB, H
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作者:
INTRAUB, H
Three experiments with 148 undergraduates studied the effects of voluntary and involuntary focus of attention on recognition memory for pictures. Exps I and III tested the conceptual-masking hypothesis, which holds that a visual event will automatically disrupt processing of a previously glimpsed picture if that event is new and meaningful. Memory for 112-msec pictures was tested under conditions where the to-be-ignored, 1.5-sec interstimulus interval contained (1) a blank field;(2) a repeating picture;(3) a new picture;(4) a new, nonsense picture; or (5) a new, inverted picture each time. The blank field, repeating picture, and new nonsense picture did not disrupt memory as much as a new meaningful picture, supporting the conceptual-masking hypothesis. Exp II studied voluntary attentional control of encoding by instructing Ss to focus attention on the brief pictures, all pictures, or the long pictures in a sequence. Recognition memory for pictures of both durations showed a striking ability of observers to process pictures selectively. The possible role of these effects in visual scanning is discussed.(20 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)